Gov. Mike Pence makes pitch to salvage preschool proposal

2:37 PM,
Feb. 26, 2014

Gov. Mike Pence will push a preschool voucher plan that has run into trouble in the Indiana Senate.

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Surrounded by a classroom of pre-schoolers, Gov. Mike Pence made a public plea Wednesday morning for legislators to pass the pre-K voucher pilot program that the Senate replaced with a study commission.

A state-funded pre-K program is one of the top priorities Pence is trying secure from fellow Republicans who control the legislature.

With just more than two weeks before the legislative session ends, he used his visit to Shepherd Community Center, a faith-based organization on the Near Eastside with pre-K to fourth-grade classes, as a way to draw more attention to the issue. ...